Lt. Gen. Roy Galido, commanding general of Philippine Army (PA), confers with a relative of a slain soldier during his visit to the St. Peter Funeral Homes in Zamboanga City on April 13, 2025. Two personnel of 18th Infantry Battalion died in an ambush perpetrated by lawless elements in Tuburan,...
A candidate for provincial board member and his driver were wounded in an ambush in Datu Anggal Midtimbang town, Maguindanao del Sur province on Sunday afternoon.DATU Anggal Midtimbang municipal compound. (Wikipedia)Police are conducting a manhunt against the four gunmen of Muhammad Utti Omar, 49,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A manhunt is in full swing in Basilan province after two Army soldiers were killed and another wounded in an ambush Friday afternoon in Tuburan town.Sgt. Reymark Bation and Corporal Jordan Daquipel of the 18th Infantry Battalion (IB) were gunned down while riding a motorcycle in...
A young barangay chairman was killed and his companion was wounded in an ambush in Barangay Montay, Malabang, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday morning, April 9. MALABANG MPS FB photoPolice Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR),...
A barangay captain and his driver were gunned down in Sitio Palicad, Poblacion, Pilar, Abra on Friday afternoon, Feb. 28.Police identified the victims as Froilan Bueno, chairman of Barangay Quillat, Langiden, Abra, and Kevin Bueno.Reports said the victims were part of the convoy of Langiden mayoral...
Philippine Army chief, Lt. Gen. Roy Galido (right) checks the condition of a wounded troop at Camp Navarro General Hospital in Zamboanga city on Feb. 7, 2025, nearly three weeks since an ambush in Sumisip, Basilan that killed two soldiers and injured 12 other military personnel. (Photo: PA)Lt. Gen....
The peace implementing panels of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) led by co-chairs Cesar B. Yano (eighth from left) and Mohagher M. Iqbal (ninth from right) reaffirm their dedication to fulfill all their commitments under the Comprehensive Agreement on...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman is calling for an urgent congressional inquiry on the deadly encounter between government troops and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the province."Bakit na naman nangyari ito (Why did this happen again)?" Hataman, a former governor of...
A college dean and his nephew were shot dead in an ambush on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 9, in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat.RACHO (FB)Police identified the victims as Henry Racho, 51, dean and sports coordinator of the Notre Dame of Salaman College in Lebak, and his 17-year-old nephew, Eric James Moyet,...
A Moro Islamic Liberation Front member was killed and four others, including two MILF commanders, were wounded in an ambush in Cotabato City on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 8.Police identified the victim as Ahma Utto, 25, a resident of Barangay Barurao, Sultan sa Barongis, Maguindanao del Sur.Injured...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three military intelligence personnel were killed by armed men in an ambush in Barangay Baimbing, Lamitan City, Basilan on Monday evening, Dec. 23.THREE military intelligence agents were killed in an ambush in Basilan on Monday night. (Photo via Liza Jocson)Initial report...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Police Office has created a Special Investigation Task Group to probe the ambush of the Commission on Elections-Sulu provincial official where his brother was killed.MOLITAS The task group, composed of officers from the Police Regional Office-9, the...
